环境和核量子对关氨酸-氨酸基对中的双质子转移的影响
Federica Angiolari1, Simon Huppert2, Fabio Pietrucci3
1Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique, Sorbonne Université, UMR 7616 CNRS, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
The journal of physical chemistry letters
|May 30, 2023
概括
生物环境改变了关氨酸-细胞氨酸 (GC) DNA 基对中的双重质子转移 (DPT),从协调到一步一步的机制. 核量子效应 (NQE) 加快了这种分体化反应.
科学领域:
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
- 计算化学计算化学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 关氨酸-氨酸 (GC) 基因对对是基因信息存储的基础.
- 双质子转移 (DPT) 是影响DNA稳定性和功能的关键过程.
- 在生物学上理解DPT机制对于分子生物学来说至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查生物环境对GC DNA基对中DPT分体化对生物环境的影响.
- 在不同的条件下阐明DPT的机制,动力学和热力学.
- 评估核量子效应 (NQE) 在GC二次体中对DPT的影响.
主要方法:
- 在紧密结合密度函数理论 (DFT) 框架内的分子动力学 (MD) 模拟.
- 孤立的GC二元体与嵌入在模型DNA结构中的GC二元体的比较.
- 基于Path Integral的MD来评估NQEs的影响.
主要成果:
- DPT机制从在孤立的二次体中协同转移到在模型生物环境中逐步转变.
- 靠近质子转移点的水分子在DPT期间显著影响H键模式.
- 通过破坏中介形式的稳定性,NQEs加速了分体到正规的反应.
结论:
- 生物环境对GC DNA基对中的DPT机制产生深远的影响.
- 水分子在调解质子转移反应中起着至关重要的作用.
- 在理解DNA基对分离的动力学方面,NQE具有重要意义.
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